Sunday, August 5, 2012

Bullying marginalized, oppressed and powerless
(MOP) people may soon be declared as a criminal act punishable with
imprisonment and a fine.

AKO Bicol party-list Reps. Christopher Co,
Rodel Batocabe and Alfredo Garbin Jr. filed House Bill 6386 seeking to
stop such offensive and discriminatory acts against children, women and
indigenous people.“This bill will strengthen the constitutional
provision that the State values the dignity of every human person and
guarantees full respect for human rights,” Co said.

Co added the
people who belong to the MOPs like children, women, religious
minorities, the indigenous peoples, among others, are still subject of
the physical and verbal abuses of those “who are close-minded and
discriminatory against them.”

“No one has yet been prosecuted for these constitutionally offensive acts,” Co said..... MORE